Analysis of Dreams And Shadows
Sleep-dreams fade into daylight the same ways night-stars do.
Shadows escape in darkness leaving behind no clue.
Daydreams spawn hope at sunrise with a creative fire.
Aspirational design can ignite strong desire.
Glory endures for moments; buds widen, bloom and die.
Triumph is in the making when birds rise-up to fly.
Success is temporary; new challenge lies ahead.
Victorious achievement will often over-spread.
The perspectives of the young are endless future roads.
Suddenly comes twilight time with no chance for re-loads.
Life passages are fleeting and marked by brevity.
Even one hundred years is a short longevity.
Living well and just so long as mind and body yield
satisfactory results where self-direction wield.
Each personal history is drama to be told.
The legacy bequested is useless dross or gold.
Degenerative breaches gradually lead to death.
Dreamless sleep with painless peace may follow the last breath.
Integrity and honor is the ascendancy.
The ultimate conclusion remains in pendency.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEFFGGHHIIFE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011011111 101010100111 111111001010 1011011010 1001110110101 1010010111111 011100110101 0100010110101 0010101110101 100111111111 1100110011100 1011011010100 1010111110101 01001110101 1100100110111 01001110111 01000101000111 111101110011 0100010100100 01000100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 989 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 824 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 157 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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